24 Dentition and Characters 



118. P. holosericea. Gaud, in Roem. et Schult. Syst. iii. p. 126. 

 P. montana /3 ? holosericea^ Gaud. Helv. i. p. 400. T. saxatilis 

 ^ holosericea, Rchb. Germ. exc. No. 2677 ^^ 



Plantago, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 5-7-nervis subintegerrimis, 

 scapis pilis patentibus lanuginoso-hirsutis, spica densa multiflora, 

 ovato-globosa, bracteis latissimis subrotundis nervo viridi valido per- 

 cursis apice longe ciliatis immarginatis. a. foliis glabriusculis. ^. 

 foliis lamiginoso-hirsutis. 



PI. a In glareosisM. Gemmi ad moles glaciales Lammerngletscher, 

 copiose, 31 Aug. 1836. A In glareosis M. Gemmi supra 

 Schwarrenbach, 1835, et cum var. a. 1836. 



Obs. A. P. montana. Lam. preeter notas indicatas, spica densissi- 

 ma, multiflora, foliis multo latioribus et longioribus staturoque ma- 

 jori crassiori abunde differt. P. saxatilis, M. Bieb ! quacum con- 

 jungit el. Rchb, primo visu differt, bracteis latissime scarioso-mar- 

 ginatis, et, nisi fallor, corolla pilis obvallata at indicavit cl. auctor. 

 PI. argenteae, Lap. (spec, unicum e Pyreneeis ab Endressis lectum 

 possideo) vix varietas : in P. argentea. Lap. folia sunt dense argen- 

 teo-sericea, bracteaeque scarioso-marginatae vix coloratse. PI. vic- 

 torialis (an vera }) e Dalmatia a Pettero missa etiam differt, spica 

 ovata, floribus minoribus, scapo elatiori, foliis brevioribus latioribus- 

 que et habita omnino P. lanceolatse. 



119. P. lanceolata, L. /3. hungarica, Rchb. Germ. exc. No. 2678 l^. 

 P. hungarica, Walds. et Kit ! 



H. In arenosis ad Rhodanum prope Leuk. 



Obs. Scapi numerosi decumbentes, 4-5 unciales ; spica brevis 

 ovata, bracteae acuminatae hyalinae, folia vix duas lineas lata, brevia, 

 lanugine alba tecta vel glabriuscula et ad colium radicis lanugine 

 copiosa longa intertexta. 



120. P. alpina L. Var. rigida, rhizomate incrassato, lignoso. P. 

 bidentata/^, y humilis, Gaud .^ 



H. In pascuis aridis inter Zermatt et St Nicholas. 

 Obs. Radix saepe odorata fere ut in Gnaphalio graveolenti. 

 ( To be continued.) 



II. — On the Dentition and other Characters of the British Shrews, 

 with reference to M. Dm^ernoy's recent researches into the struc- 

 ture of this genus of Animals. By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, 

 M.A., F.L.S., P.Z.S., &c. 



In the preface to the " Manual of British Vertebrate Animals," 

 published in 1835, I alluded to the Shrews as one of those groups^ 

 the species of which required further investigation. I was led to 



